Corruption in the Work of Commercial and Other Organizations: Modern Problems of Criminal Law Counteraction

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current state of criminal and legal measures aimed at combatting corruption in the Russian Federation. It examines a set of urgent problems of counteracting corruption in the work of commercial and other organizations through the establishment and implementation of criminal liability for certain corruption violations of the interests of service in such organizations. The relevance of the study is due to the low effectiveness of existing anti-corruption measures, as clearly evidenced by statistical data on the increase in corruption crimes in this area, as well as the National Anti-Corruption Plan for 2021-2024 adopted in August 2021, approved by Presidential Decree No. 478 of August 16, 2021. The article analyzes the changes in anti-corruption legislation on the example of Federal Law No. 7-FZ of January 12, 1996 «On Non-Profit Organizations», Federal Law of December 1, 2007 No. 318-FZ «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Adoption of the Federal Law «On the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom», Federal Law No. 265-FZ of July 13, 2015 «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation», Federal Law of February 24, 2021 No. 16-FZ «On Amendments to Articles 201 and 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation», Federal Law No. 345-FZ of July 14, 2022 «On Amendments to Article 200.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation», etc. The conducted research allowed us to conclude that it is necessary to further improve the norms of the criminal law on responsibility for corruption-related crimes in the work of commercial and other organizations, which should be carried out while taking into account changing public relations and the ongoing rethinking of the priorities of criminal law protection, due, in particular, to the strengthening of the role of the state and its institutions in ensuring the normal functioning of the economy, social security and other spheres of society, as well as the requirements of certainty and consistency of criminal law prohibitions.